The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-07-16
MONTANA NEWS.

1t is said that three trees on the banks
of the Missouri are ornamented with a
like number of horse thieves.
A man was drowned in the Missoula
river last Monday while trying to ford it
on horseback at He'll Gate canyon.
Last Saturday the track layers on the
Manitoba had reached Poplar river, 210
miles west of Mlnot. The work of grad
ing was completed to within 10S miles of
Great Falls.
Proposals are being considered for the
building of a wagon bridge across the
Missouri at Great Falls. 1t is estimated
to be 1000 feet in length and to cost
about $4,000.
A boy named Brown aged six years, at
Great Falls, accidentally shot the little
three -year-old daughter of Andrew Olson
on Monday. 1t is expected that her
wound will prove fatal.
The expenditure of $4,000 appro-
priation for the improvement of the Mis-
souri, river between Bismarck and Benton,
is in progress under the engineering man.
agement of Capt. Sears.
Miles City was the scene of another
incendiary fire last Tuesday night. Three
residence buildings, the property of j. S.
Brisbin of the U. S. army, familiarly
known as 'Grasshopper Jim," were con-
sumed.
Gazette: 1t is reported from Park
City that Piegans have been seen re-
Gently in that vicinity on the Crow reser-
vation and that another party of them is
in the mountains near Saltwater The
Crows are very much excited.
The safe of E. II. Stanton merchant
of Anaconda, was robbed this week of six
thousand dollars. The thief must either
have known the combination or been an
expert burglar, as no force was used or
injury done to the safe.
To-day the officers of all the companies
of the territorial militia will meet in Hell
ena for the purpose of effecting regi-
imental organization. Officers of the reg
iment will require to be elected, and it
is probable that plans for general en-
campment will be perfected.
Chas. Cotter and Lottic Schrader of
Miles City, have been held to await the
action of the grand jury on the charge Of
conspiring to defraud the insurance CON-
pany by burning a building occupied by
the latter, on July 5th. A strong case of
circumstantial evidence was presented.
The dam of the Blossom reservoir on
the summit of the mountain near the stage
road between Thompson Falls ahI Muir
ray, gave way and the water rushed with
terrific force down the mountain, carry
ing trees and everything before 1t, and
piling them up at the base in places, all
of one hundred feet high. One life is so
far known to have been lost, the body of
one unfortunate having been found in the
course the water went
Independent: During the first six
week days of July, certificates for about
10000 squirrels and 5000 prairie dogs
were presented to the territorial auditor.
Including other bounty certificates about
$4,000 was paid out during those days
for bounty claims. The squirrels are CON-
ing in from Meagher, Fergus, and Cho-
teau counties as we'll as from Gallatin,
and the prairie dogs from Lewis and
Clarke end other counties.
At Butte, few evenings ago, one Mrs
Coulson did not propose to have her hus-
band at the saloons carousing, and armed
with gun went hunting him. She
found the object of her search enjoy
ing a friendly glass Of beer with a bevy
of chums, and approaching a table at
which they were sitting, swept the glasses
to the floor and slapped her better hall
in the face. Drawing revolver she
made him back out of the saloon to the
side walk. Here the wife was takcr
charge of by policeman and ushered of
to the town lock up.